RE: iAccess CLient SOlutions 5250 "quirk"

The fun part is watching the windows weenies having to sped all their time
dealing with the broken scripts and macros, not to mention the fact that the
Windows 10 upgrade wiped out printer definitions for every end user, along
with the ability to click the print screen button.

And yes, I was a beta site for Client Access 20 plus years ago. I even got
drive mapping to work on that lovely piece of software known as Windows for
Workgroups.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DrFranken
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 10:38 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: iAccess CLient SOlutions 5250 "quirk"

COMPLETELY Disagree.

Sure there are some hiccups but it is SO VASTLY better than the old
client that the niggles and the bits while annoying to some are hugely
outweighed by the benefits.

And it's people like those on this list that will push and test the
thing until it breaks. This is why IBM pays attention here to get those
things corrected.

I have been using this thing since early beta releases and I absolutely
HATE when I have to go back to the old emulator.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.Frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.

On 8/9/2016 11:33 AM, Paul Nelson wrote:

The more I see these issues, the more the phrase "Not ready for prime

time"

comes to mind.

And then I chuckle at the number of trouble tickets I see at one of my
clients after their rush to Windows 10. I wonder if the guy who got a

raise

for beating the June 30th deadline for the first phase of the rollout will
have a job by Labor Day.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Tyler, Matt
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 10:04 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: iAccess CLient SOlutions 5250 "quirk"

So I think I found another problem with ACS product this time in the 5250
plugin. Here is the RFE I created to address this (and no I cannot create
any other request to IBM without going through another vendor (who I don't
trust to get stuff right) and I think publishing problems like these helps
others voice their need to have IBM fix),
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=92754

We before had an issue with display files where two fields shared the
attribute position and the solution from IBM was to just move one of the
fields over one place; this does work to fix the problem BUT this is not a
solution IMO because ACS 5250 version 1.1.6.0 will break, in production,

our

5250 windows and to fix this by moving fields on screens would cause a
significant cost for something that works fine with version 1.1.5.1.

This should not have to wait for 1.1.6.1 this should be fixed in 1.1.6.0

if

1.1.6.0 is going to still be offered for download.


Thanks, Matt